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Sam Bankman-Fried · New YorkFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business in a newly rewritten indictment unsealed Tuesday.
Bankman-Fried charged with paying $40M bribe to China
43% Center coverage: 96 sources
Politics · New JerseyNew Jersey’s attorney general said Monday that his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson, less than a month after officers there fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker during a tense standoff.
NJ takes over Paterson police after crisis worker’s shooting
50% Center coverage: 28 sources
Gun Violence · NashvilleNashville police have released bodycam video of the Covenant School shooting response, during which they killed shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a 28-year-old transgender former student who they say gunned down three 9-year-olds and three adults Monday.
Nashville school shooting: Audrey Hale police bodycams released
43% Center coverage: 72 sources
Business · New YorkU.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly increased in March, but Americans are becoming a bit anxious about the labor market, a survey showed on Tuesday.
U.S. consumer confidence rises in March
43% Center coverage: 32 sources
Electric Vehicles · AustinU.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday they are opening a probe into 50,000 Tesla Model X vehicles after receiving two complaints reporting front seat belt failures.
U.S. agency opens probe into 50,000 Tesla Model X vehicles over front seat belts
82% Center coverage: 51 sources
Politics · TampaInvestigators have blood, video and other evidence linking a Tampa-area plastic surgeon to the disappearance and presumed death of a lawyer who was representing former colleagues the doctor is suing, prosecutors said in court documents filed Monday.
Doctor charged with murder in Florida lawyer disappearance
53% Center coverage: 45 sources
Business · WashingtonJust years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation.
US states looking to boost minimum wage to $20 as inflation issue continues
74% Center coverage: 47 sources
Animals · North CarolinaA sedan-sized great white shark weighing just under 1,500 pounds named Breton is currently traversing the waters near the North Carolina coast, according to a report by shark tracker OCEARCH.
This 1,500 pound great white shark is making his annual return to North Carolina
83% Center coverage: 35 sources
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Europe · ParisGlobal investments in energy transition technologies must more than quadruple annually to stay in line with commitments made under the Paris climate accord, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Tuesday.
Investments in renewable energies must quadruple to meet climate target -IRENA
56% Left coverage: 18 sources
Offbeat · CanberraA meatball has been made from the recreated flesh of the long-extinct woolly mammoth as part of a project to demonstrate the potential of growing flesh from cells.
Meatballs made with mammoth DNA created by Australian food startup
66% Center coverage: 15 sources
Floods · CaliforniaA powerful Pacific storm moving inland Tuesday is set to bring more rain, snow and damaging winds to California, a state already waterlogged from at least 12 atmospheric rivers that have delivered a barrage of rain and snow in recent months.
Waterlogged California set to get more rain, wind and snow today, exacerbating flooding concerns
88% Center coverage: 17 sources
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Business · WashingtonJust years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation.
US states looking to boost minimum wage to $20 as inflation issue continues
74% Center coverage: 47 sources
Animals · North CarolinaA sedan-sized great white shark weighing just under 1,500 pounds named Breton is currently traversing the waters near the North Carolina coast, according to a report by shark tracker OCEARCH.
This 1,500 pound great white shark is making his annual return to North Carolina
83% Center coverage: 35 sources
Europe · ParisGlobal investments in energy transition technologies must more than quadruple annually to stay in line with commitments made under the Paris climate accord, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Tuesday.
Investments in renewable energies must quadruple to meet climate target -IRENA
56% Left coverage: 18 sources
Offbeat · CanberraA meatball has been made from the recreated flesh of the long-extinct woolly mammoth as part of a project to demonstrate the potential of growing flesh from cells.
Meatballs made with mammoth DNA created by Australian food startup
66% Center coverage: 15 sources
Floods · CaliforniaA powerful Pacific storm moving inland Tuesday is set to bring more rain, snow and damaging winds to California, a state already waterlogged from at least 12 atmospheric rivers that have delivered a barrage of rain and snow in recent months.
Waterlogged California set to get more rain, wind and snow today, exacerbating flooding concerns
88% Center coverage: 17 sources
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Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture gets two years' jail but flees
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Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture gets two years' jail but flees
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Pirates board Danish-owned ship in dreaded Gulf of Guinea
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Pirates board Danish-owned ship in dreaded Gulf of Guinea
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Protest · Ciudad JuarezA Mexican newspaper reports that at least three dozen migrants died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border.
Reports: Dozens feared dead at migrant facility in Mexico
56% Center coverage: 255 sources
Politics · BoiseThe Idaho Senate on Monday voted 22-12 to pass a bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors, one month after the state House passed similar legislation.
Idaho Senate passes ban on gender-affirming care for minors
49% Center coverage: 33 sources
Gun Violence · NashvilleThe former student who shot and killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville was armed with two "assault-type" guns and a 9mm pistol, police said.
What We Know About The Guns Used in Nashville School Shooting
67% Center coverage: 83 sources
Joe Biden · WashingtonTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen affirmed America’s commitment to enhancing corporate transparency along with more than 20 other countries participating in this week’s Summit for Democracy.
US makes corporate transparency commitment with 20 nations
60% Center coverage: 15 sources
Europe · WashingtonThe U.S. has informed Russia that it will no longer exchange data on its strategic nuclear forces following Moscow’s decision to suspend its participation in the New START treaty cutting long-range arms, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
U.S. Stops Sharing Data on Nuclear Forces With Russia
50% Right coverage: 8 sources
Joe BidenSpeaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday blaming him for any negative consequences that come from the looming debt ceiling deadline and suggesting several areas of negotiation for spending reductions and reforms.
McCarthy sends letter to Biden urging more robust negotiations on the debt ceiling
52% Left coverage: 25 sources
Donald Trump · WashingtonThe late Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, was under a counterintelligence inquiry conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1990s, according to a new report.
Files show Ivana Trump was under counterintelligence inquiry: report
42% Left coverage: 19 sources
Fishermen · AshtabulaTwo men accused of cheating in a walleye fishing tournament on Lake Erie pleaded guilty on Monday.
Pair in fishing scandal plead guilty to cheating in walleye tournament
58% Center coverage: 24 sources
Business · WashingtonAverage potential global economic growth will slump to a three-decade low of 2.2% per year through 2030, ushering in a "lost decade" for the world's economy, unless policymakers adopt ambitious initiatives to boost labor supply, productivity and investment, the World Bank warned on Monday.
World Bank warns of 'lost decade' in global growth without bold policy shifts
Coverage: 17 sources
Climate Change · AlabamaAmerica will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Study says warming-fueled supercells to hit South more often
57% Center coverage: 42 sources
Bashar Al-Assad · WashingtonThe United States on Tuesday imposed new sanctions against six people, including two cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, for their role in the production or export of captagon, a dangerous amphetamine, a Treasury Department statement said.
U.S. sanctions Syrian leader Assad's cousins, others over drug trade -Treasury
47% Left coverage: 17 sources
Antony Blinken · WashingtonHouse Republicans plan to deliver a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking an unprecedented effort to force the release of sensitive documents to Congress.
House GOP to subpoena Blinken over Afghanistan dissent cable
69% Center coverage: 45 sources
